Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[barrysleftfoot]

 No to Cleverley, yes to Dembele.

 Wellbeck?....prefer Danny Ings, think he will become a very good player.

[Gregorys Boy]

Wellbeing, completely over-rated, not coming to Villa. No links to our wonderful football club so why are we talking about him? Will sign for someone like Hull, Southampton or QPR. Woy plays him because he's a twat.

So that he can stop scoring against us might be one reason!

[kipeye]

Having just watched Houlihan boss the midfield for Norwich v Ipswich, I wonder why we did not got back for him in the summer. Anyone know?

[Ads]

Lambert would struggle to buy fresh air from Norwich.

[Rudy65]

Cleverly isn't a bad player. For me a bit like Darren Gibson of Everton. He's done really well up there and is very popular. Neither are super exciting but they do a good and honest job when called upon. Is it what we need to unlock defences though? Never struck me as that type of player.

Gibson or Cleverly aren't as good as our current midfield

[Rudy65]

Having just watched Houlihan boss the midfield for Norwich v Ipswich, I wonder why we did not got back for him in the summer. Anyone know?

He is Barry Bannan in disguise but 5 years older.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cleverly is awful.

[old man villa fan]

Cleverly is awful.

I would not say he is that bad but no better than we have got.  As an average player it is easier to look better in a better team when you deficiencies are not exposed so much.

We do not want to be adding to the squad players that are not better as you end up like we did with MON purchases towards the end.  We want to add players that give you something different.

[pauliewalnuts]

Indeed OMVF, just adding more of the same "quality' is where we went wrong last year.

[citizenDJ]

A solid defence is always a good starting point for improvement, so it's difficult to be upset with our start to the season. We still look so poor from a creative point of view though, and I was very surprised to see Bent coming on rather than Joe Cole - why bother with him at all if not to make the difference in games like this? But perhaps he is not fit enough to play.

Our three best players today, in my opinion, were Cissokho, Hutton and Richardson, which does reflect rather well on Lambert. Our worst players today were Weimann and Agbonlahor and I would be over the moon, Clive, if they were replaced as soon as possible.

Credit to Vlaar and Senderos, too, who I thought might struggle against the guile of some of Newcastle's players. I was wrong about that, they looked very comfortable indeed. I honestly can't remember Reveille (sp?) doing anything of note at all.

Overall, not too bad at all.

Edit: Bah! Wrong thread!

[Rudy65]

No to Cleverley, yes to Dembele.

 Wellbeck?....prefer Danny Ings, think he will become a very good player.
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Isnt Dembele just like Sanchez?

[barrysleftfoot]

 No, better at going forward, more similar to Delph imho.

[Gareth]

Striker is essential for me, the fact the ball doesn't stick up front for more than 3 seconds puts so much pressure on the midfield and defence.

Benteke & Kozak have had the type of injuries that it would be unfair to expect them to come back firing on all cylinders.  Gabby is utterly pointless nowadays & Weimman just seems to run around getting angry and is good for half a dozen goals a season max.

If being greedy then the other new signing needs to be someone who takes a decent corner...Westwood taking them is about as good as those kicking at the target at halftime

[ROBBO]

It seems that strengthening the defence was the immediate priority and looking at the performance against Newcastle that has been achieved, it would be a pity if we didn't bolster the forward structure as we looked totally lost.

[ciggiesnbeer]

My opinion we still need to be buying midfield. We have some good striking options and more to come back, but our midfield remains too lightweight. We need upgrades on Westwood & Delph. Or at least someone to put more pressure on them for places.